2002 Track Recap:
Clocked the second fastest 1500m time in UCSB history, along with the 3rd fastest 5k time. Winner of Challenge Cup 3k, and took 5th in Conference 1500m and 5k.

2001 XC Recap:
Team captain of the University's most successful cross country team of all
time. Led the charge at the Big West Championships, taking first place in a 1-2 effort
with Josh Horton. Earned All-Western Region honors for the second straight
year, and was a consistent top-3 runner for the team all year.

2001 Track: Red-shirted his 4th track season. Ran
3:51.49 in the 1500 meter event, a time that would have ranked on UCSB's
all-time top ten list. Also logged a best in the 5,000 meters of 14:31.

2000 Cross Country: Finished 2nd by a second and a half
margin at 2000 Big West Cross Country Championships.... 25th place at the Pre-NCAA Meet, an effort recognized as one of the finest cross country efforts ever posted by a Gaucho... Finished 23rd at NCAA
West Regional Championships... 6th place finish in the 2000 Stanford Cross
Country Invitational

2000 Track: Reduced his 5,000 meter best by over 40
seconds to clock a time of 14:37. Also scored for the team in the 1500
meter race at conference finishing 7th. Seasonal best in the 1500 was
3:55. Helped the team in the Big West Challenge Cup by finishing second in
both the 1,500m and 3,000 meter races.

1999 Cross Country: Red-shirted but still competed as an
unattached athlete. Logged a best of 25:20 on the UCSB lagoon course, and
finished 6th in the Stanford Open race with a time of 25:33. His red-shirt
season was punctuated with an 8k best of 24:35, finishing ahead of the entire
USC and UCLA squads, and all but two of Cal's runners.

1999 Track: Earned a conference-qualifying mark in the
1500m race, and went on to log a personal best in the Conference finals,
finishing 9th with a best of 3:57.

1998 Cross Country: Suffered a season-ending injury that
cut his season short. Ran a 25:45 UCSB 8k time and was the team's 2nd-4th
man.

1997 Cross Country: An alternate for the
Conference-Championship squad as a true freshman. UCSB 8k course best of
26:26. Ran the Stanford course in 27:00.

High School: For Dos Pueblos High School, Gans's most
notable accomplishments were as a senior in track where he ran a 4:19 1,600.
Also qualified for state in the 1,600 out of the competitive Southern Section.
Personal best of 16:20 over the Mt. Sac course in cross country.

Personal Info: Parents Carl and Deborah, and sister Lisl are UCSB
Graduates. Carl competed on the UCSB Track & Field Team and can still
be seen on the record board as a member of the school-record setting distance
medley squad. Eric also has a twin brother Will, and another older sister
Heidi.